Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his assessment that the Ukrainian army is achieving the goals it set in its attack on the Russian border region of Kursk.
“We are achieving our goals,” Zelensky said in reference to the operation launched on August 6 and which immediately captured Moscow. This operation, he said yesterday, Sunday, aims to “creating a buffer zone between Russia and Ukraine.”
Meanwhile, Ukraine today ordered the evacuation of families with children from the city of Pokrovsk and its surroundings, as Russian forces continue to advance towards the strategic city in eastern Ukraine.
“We are starting the compulsory removal of families with children from the Pokrovsk community (…) when our cities are within reach of practically all enemy weapons, the decision to remove them is necessary and inevitable,” Donetsk Region Governor Vadim Filaskin explained on social media. network.
At least 53,000 people, including 4,000 children, live in this region, which is not far from Ukraine’s eastern frontline, the governor said on Telegram.